San Carlos
Today has been a pretty mellow day, we are parked just outside of San Carlos. All of the rotational staff is heading out tomorrow, so there has not been a whole lot going on. Mostly just a whole lot of cleaning and that’s about it. On a good note, my bread turned out great today, I’m pretty happy about that. I can’t even explain how complicated making bread professionally is. No two ovens are the same, no two flours are the same and even if the climate is different can screw you up pretty good. I’ve been dealing with all of that this week, so now I feel I have over come it. In the next couple of weeks I will make some new deserts and get a good chance to test my pastry skills, which in my opinion are pretty bad. I’m excited about it, because it’s a great chance for me to build up my skills and become a better chef. Very good for me.
It seems that yesterdays touching of the whales was the last of the season, all the whales have headed north for the summer. It’s pretty cool that I got to touch what amounts to the last whales in Magdalena Bay for the 2008 season, that makes my fun yesterday even better. That was a big check on the old “list of things to do in my lifetime”, actually pretty darn near the top, right up there with seeing polar bears and penguins, and watching the Aurora Borealis. I plan on making it back down here, probably for a drive with the kids some day, so I can take them out to see this. I’m sure this would give them much more than any trip to Disneyland could ever give them.
Tomorrow I meet the new crew, the people that I will be with for the next 8 weeks. I really don’t know much about any of them, most of the people that are here now don’t ever work with them, being on opposing shifts. I just hope I’m not stuck in the Galley with a couple of people that have a bad attitude and like to throw things or whatever. That’s my biggest fear at this point. Only time will really tell.
I’ve been thinking about the trip up the coast to Alaska, and while I don’t really want to get sea sick or have anything bad happen to the boat, it would be pretty cool to run into rough seas on the way up there. I here it happens most of the time, and it would be pretty crazy to live through being on a boat floating over 15 to 20 foot waves. Either way, it will be cool to see the coast line from a different perspective. I hope to get some pictures of places that I can pick out along the way. Maybe the Golden Gate and the Redwoods. I’m going to have to look at the map real good and see where we will be during the day to get a better perspective.
